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Population in Cuba compared to Taiwan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cuba was 10,979,783 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cuba's population is 10,937,204 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.

Population statistics:

  • Taiwan's population is 2.13 times bigger than Cuba's.
  • Cuba is ranked the 89th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
  • The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.13% for Cuba vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
  • For the last 10 years, Cuba has had an average growth rate of -0.26% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cuba has decreased from 11.3M people to 10.9M (2.89% decline), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.4% of the population in Cuba and 39.5% in Taiwan.

Cuba vs Taiwan: live population counter

Cuba Taiwan
Current population
10937204
23308308
Population rank 89/197 60/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.28%
One net population change
13.1 minutes
7.75 minutes
One birth every
5.48 minutes
3.9 minutes
One death every
4.7 minutes
2.6 minutes
One migration net change every
23.5 minutes
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -22,356 +47,029
Daily growth/decline -110 +186
Annual growth/decline -40,148 +67,790
Annual growth/decline rate -0.36% +0.29%
Population growth rate rank 180/197 150/197

Cuba and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cuba
Population

Growth rate
Taiwan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cuba Taiwan Cuba Taiwan
1960 7,238,081 - - -
1961 7,387,117 11,030,385 2.06% -
1962 7,541,098 11,392,513 2.08% 3.28%
1963 7,701,660 11,762,101 2.13% 3.24%
1964 7,866,020 12,137,143 2.13% 3.19%
1965 8,030,797 12,511,863 2.09% 3.09%
1966 8,193,450 12,874,153 2.03% 2.9%
1967 8,352,625 13,210,344 1.94% 2.61%
1968 8,509,522 13,548,537 1.88% 2.56%
1969 8,666,640 14,068,984 1.85% 3.84%
1970 8,824,382 14,582,944 1.82% 3.65%
1971 8,979,085 14,913,564 1.75% 2.27%
1972 9,123,891 15,220,495 1.61% 2.06%
1973 9,255,328 15,505,121 1.44% 1.87%
1974 9,374,183 15,784,817 1.28% 1.8%
1975 9,479,726 16,075,128 1.13% 1.84%
1976 9,571,242 16,401,413 0.97% 2.03%
1977 9,648,440 16,730,895 0.81% 2.01%
1978 9,711,980 17,042,272 0.66% 1.86%
1979 9,763,355 17,372,779 0.53% 1.94%
1980 9,804,796 17,704,538 0.42% 1.91%
1981 9,849,320 18,029,982 0.45% 1.84%
1982 9,912,681 18,354,855 0.64% 1.8%
1983 9,991,026 18,653,146 0.79% 1.63%
1984 10,073,299 18,929,866 0.82% 1.48%
1985 10,157,228 19,191,510 0.83% 1.38%
1986 10,244,247 19,411,454 0.86% 1.15%
1987 10,335,342 19,617,046 0.89% 1.06%
1988 10,432,585 19,839,704 0.94% 1.14%
1989 10,533,243 20,055,492 0.96% 1.09%
1990 10,631,799 20,278,946 0.94% 1.11%
1991 10,717,640 20,503,568 0.81% 1.11%
1992 10,785,801 20,704,227 0.64% 0.98%
1993 10,841,031 20,899,019 0.51% 0.94%
1994 10,886,021 21,086,645 0.41% 0.9%
1995 10,925,362 21,267,653 0.36% 0.86%
1996 10,962,010 21,441,432 0.34% 0.82%
1997 10,997,934 21,634,124 0.33% 0.9%
1998 11,034,712 21,835,703 0.33% 0.93%
1999 11,072,230 22,010,489 0.34% 0.8%
2000 11,109,109 22,184,530 0.33% 0.79%
2001 11,144,132 22,341,120 0.32% 0.71%
2002 11,177,418 22,463,172 0.3% 0.55%
2003 11,209,383 22,562,663 0.29% 0.44%
2004 11,238,756 22,646,836 0.26% 0.37%
2005 11,262,554 22,729,753 0.21% 0.37%
2006 11,278,550 22,823,455 0.14% 0.41%
2007 11,287,272 22,917,444 0.08% 0.41%
2008 11,291,762 22,997,696 0.04% 0.35%
2009 11,294,719 23,078,402 0.03% 0.35%
2010 11,297,409 23,140,948 0.02% 0.27%
2011 11,301,571 23,193,518 0.04% 0.23%
2012 11,303,175 23,270,367 0.01% 0.33%
2013 11,298,167 23,344,670 -0.04% 0.32%
2014 11,285,775 23,403,635 -0.11% 0.25%
2015 11,275,065 23,462,914 -0.09% 0.25%
2016 11,265,612 23,515,945 -0.08% 0.23%
2017 11,247,829 23,555,522 -0.16% 0.17%
2018 11,227,118 23,580,080 -0.18% 0.1%
2019 11,202,846 23,596,027 -0.22% 0.07%
2020 11,176,354 23,582,179 -0.24% -0.06%
2021 11,122,168 23,468,275 -0.48% -0.48%
2022 11,059,820 23,319,977 -0.56% -0.63%
2023 11,019,931 23,342,541 -0.36% 0.1%
2024 10,979,783 23,410,331 -0.36% 0.29%
2025 10,937,204 23,308,308 -0.39% -0.44%
2026 10,892,659 23,205,944 -0.41% -0.44%
2027 10,846,709 23,102,120 -0.42% -0.45%
2028 10,799,586 22,996,693 -0.43% -0.46%
2029 10,750,892 22,890,335 -0.45% -0.46%
2030 10,700,820 22,781,040 -0.47% -0.48%
2031 10,649,673 22,667,327 -0.48% -0.5%
2032 10,597,336 22,549,689 -0.49% -0.52%
2033 10,543,539 22,428,721 -0.51% -0.54%
2034 10,488,270 22,302,402 -0.52% -0.56%
2035 10,431,762 22,170,689 -0.54% -0.59%
2036 10,373,926 22,034,775 -0.55% -0.61%
2037 10,314,339 21,893,029 -0.57% -0.64%
2038 10,253,201 21,746,001 -0.59% -0.67%
2039 10,190,465 21,594,236 -0.61% -0.7%
2040 10,125,837 21,436,947 -0.63% -0.73%
2041 10,059,299 21,274,187 -0.66% -0.76%
2042 9,990,897 21,105,682 -0.68% -0.79%
2043 9,920,670 20,932,105 -0.7% -0.82%
2044 9,848,751 20,754,623 -0.72% -0.85%
2045 9,775,205 20,571,741 -0.75% -0.88%
2046 9,699,830 20,384,903 -0.77% -0.91%
2047 9,622,707 20,194,425 -0.8% -0.93%
2048 9,544,142 19,999,753 -0.82% -0.96%
2049 9,463,925 19,801,293 -0.84% -0.99%
2050 9,381,995 19,598,997 -0.87% -1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cuba increased by 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cuba lost -337,861 (a 3% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Cuba was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2005 and is 89th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cuba's population will shrink by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people with a rank change from 89th to 104th. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.

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